Gladiators Of World War 2 (Box Set)

Advantages: russel crowe's performance
Disadvantages: none

...with gladiators, I just wanted a 7-11 Slurpee. So, when I saw the first official summer blockbuster this past weekend, I was well-prepared for the sweat, blood and tears that once oozed from ancient Roman pores. What I wasn't prepared for was a Coliseum that wasn't half-crumbled like a broken pie-crust. The huge amphitheater has been rebuilt and scrubbed to the kind of architectural glisten normally reserved for New York's skyscraper district. Ladies and gentlemen, Gladiator is Rome in its most glorious hour. Too bad it's not the movie industry's finest hour. Apart from Animal House ("Toga! Toga! Toga!"), it's been decades since ancient Rome sprawled across our theater screens in such epic proportions. Those who revel in the memory of the spectacular worlds of Ben-Hur, Spartacus or Quo Vadis? will find this gargantuan movie from director Ridley... Read review

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Advantages: Many Key Witnesses Available for commentary
Disadvantages: Very few stock images in colour.

...The World at War Series is refreshingly unique, with the strong powerful voice of Laurence Olivier as Narrator, it offers an insight into both sides of the war, and best of all, alot of the key witnesses or participants of major events were still alive at the time of this documentary so a phenominal amount of commentary was available making this one of the most coverted History sets ever. It even goes onto describe the end of the War in Germany, known as Nemesis in the series, it shows not only the human suffering that allied nations faced, but also the civilian and military suffering on the side of the axis. It covers everything, such as the Holocaust, the Blitz, The U boats, the Burma Campaign, the American Advance in the Pacific, and so forth.... Read review

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Advantages: Crowe, the nasty emperor, action scenes
Disadvantages: Harris, Reed

...Films like Gladiator don’t come along all that often, so it’s as well that we express our thanks and admiration in the strongest possible terms when they do, otherwise we'll be force fed a sloppy diet of American Pie, Legally Blonde and Dumb And Dumber throughout or miserable existence. And wouldn't that be a really said disappointment to have to cope with? Truly, Gladiator is a force to be reckoned with, an earnest, sweeping, grandiose epic, rich in depth and meaning and moral fortitude, wioth acting and direction marvellously understated and focussed on the impact. There are gorgeous settings and staging, phenomenal action scenes and a truly emotional ending which cannot fail to affect even the most hard hearted deeply. I have to admit that the first time I saw Gladiator all the way through I actually wept when it got... Read review

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